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Dec. 12, 1959 - R.A.F. Shackleton Aircraft Try To Deliver Christmas Parcels To Weather Ship On Atlantic: After making a number of attempts - an R.A.F. Shackleton aircraft of Coastal Command had to call off her efforts to drop Christmas parcels and letters to the crew of the weather ship Weather Reporter - 600 miles out in the Atlantic - owing to the mountainous seas. Photo Shows Pounded by heavy seas the Weather Reporter -s seen as a Shackleton flies overhead - during the postal delivery attempts

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13193480
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46955484
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5535px x 4473px (1.2MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Attempts Deliver Drop Efforts Flies Mountainous Overhead Owing Parcels Postal Pounded R.a.f Reporter Shackleton


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